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2022-08-31-accounts

Hawkesbury Pre-school Playgroup Charity Number 1182478 End of Year Accounts - Receipts & Payments - Current Account 1st September 2021 to 31st August 2022

Receipts £ Payments £
Childcare Ofer & Early
Entitlement Funding - FCC
35979.14 Wages 36946.32
Fees 11319.00 Laundry 180.00
Sponsor/Fundraising 949.31 Nest Pension 859.93
Amazon Smile Donation 6.27 HMRC 662.04
Training Course Funding
FCC
72.00 Rent & BT 6742.48
Early Entitlement
Subsistence Grant - FCC
1000.00 Receipts - snacks, replacement
toys & equipment, ofce
supplies
2028.98
Transfer from reserve
account
157.00 Laptop & printer purchase from
grant funding
986.99
Grants FCC for New
curriculum training &
reading/equipment/
wellbeing for children
7813.32 Transfer to reserve account -
grant funding
6736.71
Grant - Early Years Wales
for Insurance contribution
750.00 Insurance 760.85
Small grant award for
laptop & printer purchase
989.98 New curriculum training from
grant funding
576.00
Small grant award for CO2
monitor for community
centre
118.80 Bank charges 47.59
Welsh Government funding
contribution for fees (1
child)
1292.00 Purchase of CO2 monitor for
community centre
123.54
60446.82 56651.43
At bank 31.08.2021 997.41 At bank 31.08.2022 4792.80
61444.23 61444.23

Reserve Account

Receipts £ Payments £
Grants FCC for New
curriculum training &
reading/equipment/
wellbeing for children
6579.71 Transfer to current account for
contribution towards rent
payment
157.00
Rent reserve 157.00
Interest 0.08
6736.79 157.00
At bank 31.08.2021 0.02 At bank 31.08.2022 6579.81
6736.81 6736.81

Hawkesbury Pre-school Playgroup

Trustees Annual Report

Playgroup has continued to operate in difficult conditions this year. Children numbers are very low in comparison to pre-pandemic levels, running costs have increased with the minimum wage rise but the childcare offer and early entitlement funding rate remains unchanged since 2017. The community centre committee allowed us to defer part of our rent payments until we received the Early Entitlement funding in January and then again at Easter. We were then able to clear all arrears before the end of the school year. Bookings for the walking bus and wraparound for September 2022 have also increased which is a good sign.

Staff have all the relevant certificates up to date (safeguarding, first aid, food hygiene) and have also undergone training in readiness for the New Curriculum being launched in Wales in September 2022. Supervisions and appraisals are undertaken regularly to identify areas for continuous professional development.

Playgroup continues to focus on the wellbeing of both children and staff and we gather information/feedback from all sources to ensure that we evaluate and implement any improvements where necessary. We are also focussing on identifying next steps for all children to help fully develop their behaviour, listening and social skills. These are areas which we have found to be underdeveloped due to the lockdown.

Several grants have been awarded for new resources, new curriculum training, insurance contribution and laptop and printer.

Parents/carers are very supportive in raising funds for our group. The money raised this year has purchased new toys and the remaining put towards running costs.

We are making full use of the community centre garden this year due to the improvements made during the summer months, artificial grass and an undercover area. We have also purchased a small mud kitchen which can be stored away easily due to our group being a pack away setting.

We have also applied to the community centre committee for extra storage for the garden area in readiness for the new curriculum which will allow children to access toys and equipment independently according to their interests. This will promote all areas of learning and their holistic development.

Our staff are excellent role models for the children and encourage good social skills and give lots of praise and encouragement. All staff ensure that every child feels happy, safe and secure during their time with us.